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Michael
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Cell tower data, Facebook friends, mushroom photos prejudiced trial, says Erin

THE grounds for Erin Patterson’s appeal against her conviction have been released. They reveal wide-ranging dissatisfaction with the material admitted into evidence by trial judge Justice Christopher Beale, with how Ms Patterson was cross-examined...

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Michael Giles

3 hours ago

Community

Heartwarming Wonthaggi farewell for Susan Goodwin

AS A sign of the community spirit that still burns brightly in Wonthaggi, despite its burgeoning growth over the past decade or so, 200 people turned out at a memorial service for Susan Goodwin at the Wonthaggi Golf Club on Wednesday, November 5...

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Michael Giles

3 hours ago

Community

Bargain city at Inverloch farmer’s clearing sale

Brendan Fletcher picked up a stash of old tools for $15 from a clearing sale at Inverloch last Friday. COLLECTORS of old wooden tools, firewood enthusiasts, farmers, gardeners, just about anyone… If you didn’t turn out at a genuinely good...

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Michael Giles

02 Nov 2025

Community

The original Prom Market at Foster is still the best

The Oxley family of Fish Creek, including Daisy the Dachshund, who couldn’t be left in a hot car, enjoyed the shady trees at the Foster Showgrounds during a warm start to the summer Prom Produce and Craft Market season on Sunday. oster2_4425...

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Michael Giles

02 Nov 2025

Council

Korumburra Hub: You flushed it they fixed it

SO, what’s going on at the Korumburra Community Hub. Not even two years old, writes a local Sentinel-Times’ reader, and they’ve already got major problems with the underfloor plumbing. Turns out it’s the users of the facility, and not the...

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Michael Giles

30 Oct 2025

News

Local connections with cricket tragedy

CRICKET connections run deep but it’s often only when tragedy strikes one of their own that cricketers find out how deep. The Leongatha and District Cricket Association played in the ‘Provincial’ division of Melbourne Country Week this year...

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Michael Giles

30 Oct 2025

News

Shack Bay staircase closed for works from November 5

A POPULAR spot for locals to exercise and to take a quiet dip in the ocean, Shack Bay near Inverloch will be inaccessible during much of November and December this year. Parks Victoria has advised that the Shack Bay Beach Access Staircase will be...

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Michael Giles

29 Oct 2025

News

Symbol of hope, support and remembrance

THE Phillip Island RSL Sub-branch is reminding everyone that their Remembrance Day service actually starts at 10.45am on Tuesday, November 11, not at 11am, so that the preliminaries can take place prior to the ‘Minute’s Silence’ promptly at...

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Michael Giles

29 Oct 2025

News

Free throws for Premier on surprise visit to Mirboo North

NO ONE is complaining about the unexpected visit by Premier Jacinta Allan to Mirboo North last Tuesday, October 21, or that she practiced shooting hoops with Belinda Snell, the town’s much-loved Olympic hero. Practice makes perfect, they say. And...

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Michael Giles

28 Oct 2025

News

Sign up if you can help make our beaches safer

MONASH University and Life Saving Victoria (LSV) are looking for anyone aged 18 or over to help with a research project on how to design more effective coastal safety signage. Participants will take part in a short virtual reality experience to test...

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Michael Giles

27 Oct 2025

News

Splashdown: CMA acts on Bass Highway flooding at Kilcunda

THE West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has just approved an artificial opening of Bourne Creek estuary at Kilcunda after flooding of the Bass Highway in recent days. Blocked by the highway, creek waters have lapped at the edge of...

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Michael Giles

27 Oct 2025

News

Smooth sailing after rocky start to Cowes’ streetscape upgrade

IT’S safe to say the Bass Coast Shire Council made a rocky start to its $8.3 million Stage 1 of the Cowes Streetscape Master Plan Delivery Project and there could well be more tears before the initial phase of the works gets wrapped up just before...

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Michael Giles

23 Oct 2025

News

Stand-up Paddleboard surfers beat the storm at Phillip Island

THEY heard the weather warning yesterday but undeterred, competitors in the 2025 Australian SUP Titles at Phillip Island still hit the waves in surprisingly good conditions at Surfies Point on Wednesday, October 23. With a stiff north-westerly wind...

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Michael Giles

23 Oct 2025